Matt Cheng laughed after a double bogey temporarily derailed his round Wednesday.

In the past, the hiccup would have drawn a harsher reaction. But Cheng has worked hard the past year to flush those holes.

He moved on, salvaged a round of 3-over-par 75 and after 36 holes shares the lead at 3-over with Ben Reeves at the Hank Haney IJGA Junior Open, an American Junior Golf Association tournament at Hilton Head Plantation's Bear Creek Golf Club.

Cheng and Reeves lead by two over John VanDerLaan and Carson Young.

"All I wanted to think about was forget what I just did," Cheng said of his double on the ninth. "Focus on the next one."

A student at the Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy in Bluffton, Cheng didn't appear to feel any added pressure after his round. He turned his visor sideways, suggested Five Guys for a post-round meal and wanted to go home to sleep.

The Taiwan native has been in Bluffton two years since a friend told him about the academy. In Taiwan, Cheng practiced with his dad at the driving range and played golf on the weekends.

He found the facilities here more accommodating. He plays at the IJGA's home at Pinecrest and also at Berkeley Hall.

"You don't have this kind of practice facility in Taiwan," Cheng said, nodding to the Bear Creek practice area. "Nice range, a grass range, with the bunker, with a green -- We don't have that. We only hit off a mat."

Georgia native Bella Skinner grabbed the lead in the girls division, shooting a 75 to post a 4-over total for 36 holes. She has a three-shot lead on Maryland's Jordan McKelvin.

On another windy day, Skinner, who started on the back nine, held her round together after two early bogeys. On the par-5 18th, she knocked her approach to a foot to save par after hitting her second in the water. She made two birdies and two bogeys on her back nine.

Skinner is looking for her second AJGA victory and second in the area. She won the Junior All-Star at Berkeley Hall last year.

From that experience, Skinner hopes to maintain her focus from the past two days. She enjoyed a six-shot lead at Berkeley Hall but had to scratch out the victory in a playoff.

Skinner planned a beach trip Wednesday to help clear her mind.

"This golf course is really tough," she said. "I'm just going to try to play exactly how I have been. Nothing different. ... I have the ability. I just need to let it come out and not try to force anything."

Conditions were difficult again Wednesday, with a strong breeze early. Skinner played the last four holes of the back nine into the wind, finishing 1 over on the stretch. First-round leader Taylor Tomlinson, even par after Round 1, slipped to 8 over after Wednesday's round.

First round boys co-leader Chris Williams shot 78 and fellow first-round leader Shota Ozaki, even through nine Wednesday, also shot 78 and is three shots behind.

The conditions will again test the young player looking for his first AJGA victory.

"Dont get nervous," Cheng said. "Patience. That's all."

Hank Haney IJGA Junior Open

Bear Creek Golf Club, Par 72

Second round results

Boys

Ben Reeves 75-72-- 147

Matt Cheng 72-75-- 147

John VanDerLaan 75-74-- 149

Carson Young 76-73-- 149

Carson Spears 76-74-- 150

Chris Williams 72-78-- 150

Ryan Carpenter 74-76-- 150

Shota Ozaki 72-78-- 150

Jake Fendt 74-77-- 151

Davis Morrison 75-76-- 151

Andy Zhang 74-79--153

Austin Zoller 74-79-- 153

David Mackey 75-79-- 154

Matthew Rushton 74-81-- 155

Meechai Padungsiriseth 78-77-- 155

Andrès Arango 83-73-- 156

Will Miles 79-77-- 156

Michael Anderson 81-75-- 156

David Gao 78-79-- 157

David Long 76-81-- 157

Andrew Holloway 75-82-- 157

David Kocher 75-82-- 157

Eric Edwards 73-85-- 158

Ryoto Furuya 74-84-- 158

Matthew Plunkett 81-78-- 159

Austin Morrison 77-82-- 159

Samuel Fuller 76-84-- 160

Ben Montgomery 78-82-- 160

Michael Lee 77-83-- 160

C.J. Wagner 82-78-- 160

Samuel Odi 84-76-- 160

Brandon Bennett 83-77-- 160

Zach McLain 79-83-- 162

Joey Hearn 81-81-- 162

Jalen Ledger 79-83-- 162

Taylor Guilbeau 86-76-- 162

Eliott Azoulay 83-80-- 163

William Voetsch 78-85-- 163

Ben Wolcott 77-86-- 163

Kevin Slayden 78-85-- 163

Nicolas Cavero 80-84-- 164

Preston Dooley 76-89-- 165

Anthony Infante 82-84-- 166

Pureun Kim 85-82-- 167

Alex Handy 85-82-- 167

Gregory Henion 85-82-- 167

Brooks Moody 82-87-- 169

Chandler White 82-87-- 169

Daulet Tuleubayev 83-86-- 169

Taylor Hall 91-79-- 170

Peyton White 84-86-- 170

Sean Keane 85-87-- 172

Matthew Beringer 85-87-- 172

A.T. Cashwell 88-85-- 173

Zach Stark 81-93-- 174

Girls

Isabella Skinner 73-75-- 148

Jordan McKelvin 75-76-- 151

Taylor Tomlinson 72-80-- 152

Kelly Whaley 74-80-- 154

Ailin Li 75-80-- 155

Madison Lellyo 74-81-- 155

Nicole Autrique 78-77-- 155

Ashley Holder 79-77-- 156

Victoria Allred 77-79-- 156

Jia Xin Yang 77-79-- 156

Maria Andreina Merchan 79-78-- 157

Lauren Stephenson 78-79-- 157

Sarah Burnham 78-79-- 157

Maria Alejandra Merchan 78-80-- 158

Macy McRaney 82-77-- 159

Clementina Rodriguez 76-87-- 163

Morgan Gonzales 82-81-- 163

Martina Bertuccioli 83-82-- 165

Radi Sauro 86-80-- 166

Abbey Williams 81-86-- 167

Sarah Thomas 94-83-- 177